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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1939

1,604 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 32 of 81

Primary Producers' Union Lower Hunter and Gloucester District Council Quarterly Meeting at Dungog

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 May 1939 · page 3

Eleven branches were represented at the quarterly meeting of the Lower Hunter and Gloucester District Council of the Primary Producers' Union at the Memorial Hall, Dungog, last Tuesday morning. During a session of three hours a large volume of…

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News from the Council Table Dust Nuisance in Hill Street. Pedestrian Subway Proposal Receives Setback. Water Filtration Scheme

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 26 May 1939 · page 1

The fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council was held on Wednesday evening, when there was a full attendance of aldermen…

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Chief Warden for the Municipality Recommendation Deferred

Singleton Argus · Friday 26 May 1939 · page 6

The Municipal Council last night considered the question of making a recommendation to the Minister in charge of national…

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MUSWELLBROOK Municipal Council National Service Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 May 1939 · page 10

At the fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council, Colonel Lorenzo, Director of National Services, intimated by letter, that,…

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Singleton District Laughed at Alderman's Complaint Cycles in Park Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 May 1939 · page 2

Two girls giggled at Alderman Brittliffe in Burdekin Park last Sunday. Girls can giggle in the right place, but when they have been told by an…

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Electric Service Defective Installations Council's Concern Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 May 1939 · page 2

Singleton Municipal Council is concerned over the apparent inability of electrical contractors in the town to cope with the demands…

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Baths Before End of Year Council Can Raise Loan

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 May 1939 · page 6

West Maitand Council's efforts to raise a loan of £12,000 for the construction of swimming baths in the municipality have been…

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Road Accidents Care Urged At Corners Minister's Appeal (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 May 1939 · page 8

"A most unsatisfactory feature of the statistics compiled in the Department of Road Transport is the large number of accidents due…

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Crumbs From the Council Table Municipal Matters

Singleton Argus · Monday 29 May 1939 · page 2

In addition to several matters reported in last issue, the following were dealt with by the aldermen at the monthly meeting of the…

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Proposed Alteration of Local Train Service Alderman Dorsman Alleges Serious Misunderstanding

Singleton Argus · Monday 29 May 1939 · page 2

"I think that when certain local interests recently made representations to the Railway Department in a protest against…

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Jehovah's Witnesses Locked Out of Hall Newcastle Mayor's Action NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 May 1939 · page 3

Under orders from Alderman G. W. Jenner, the Mayor of Greater Newcastle, the City Hall was locked last night when it was to have been the place of a lecture, "Face the Facts," ar-ranged by the organisation known as Jehovah's Witnesses…

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Noisy Aldermen

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 1

Some years ago the Cessnock Council meeting resembled a pantomime, but of-late years the business has been carried out…

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Chief Warden Mr. W. Lindsay Appointed Tarro Shire Area

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 6

A most representative attendance of residents of Tarro Shire Council at a public meeting held at the Tarro chambers, East…

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Physical Tests For Car Drivers Safety Council Sponsors New Plan SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 6

The Road Safety Council of New South Wales has adopted recommendations that standards of physical fitness and of eyesight should be specified for holders of motor drivers licenses. The proposals were formulated after consultation with a…

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Just a Smash Youth at the Wheel (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 2

Drivers under 20 years of age kill three times as many people as drivers under forty. Youth may take your life or give up its…

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Just a Smash Youth at the Wheel Toll of the Road (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 5

Drivers under 20 years of age kill three times as many people as drivers under forty. Youth may take your life or give up its…

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Tarro Shire Building Applications

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 4

Six applications for permits to erect buildings, estimated to coat £536, were approved by Tarro Shire Council to-day…

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Dog Regulations "Very Complicated," Says Mayor

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 4

The Mayor of West Maitland (Aid, A. S. McDonald) last night described regulations regarding dogs as "very complicated at the present time."…

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Council Issues Warning Electricity Dangers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 4

Following the recent electrocution of a youth at Tenambit, West Maitland Council last night issued a warning…

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No Money Government's Reply To Tarro Shire Works Planned

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 5

A statement by the Minister for money. However, council derived a E. S. Spooner) that the Government did not have any money at…

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